Article on Pac and his Financial Future

[greynotsoold]

This guy doesn't hold out much hope. Thought provoking article.
Requiem for a welterweight: Manny Pacquiao may be broke, but is he broken, too? - SBNation.com

[IamInuit]

I could see this starting a couple of years ago. Sad really.

[Ron Swanson]

This article points to why I've never really been a fan of Pacquiao. He's a good guy, he's willing to fight anyone and he is exciting and fun to watch. But, his career is what's wrong with the sport. He's managed very shrewdly. Every opponent, every stipulation, every cent earned is made to serve the management instead of the fighter. Thank goodness for his political career because his boxing career will leave him with nothing.

[greynotsoold]

This article points to why I've never really been a fan of Pacquiao. He's a good guy, he's willing to fight anyone and he is exciting and fun to watch. But, his career is what's wrong with the sport. He's managed very shrewdly. Every opponent, every stipulation, every cent earned is made to serve the management instead of the fighter. Thank goodness for his political career because his boxing career will leave him with nothing.

By how long will his political career outlive his boxing career? My thought is that his political success is probably tied real close to his boxing success.

[Kirkland Laing]

Manny has gone from being a degenerate gambler with a gigantic entourage who is incredibly generous on an immense scale to a born-again Christian who hands the money he would have gambled to the church and still pays for the entourage and every other fucker with their hand out. On top of this he's paying for multiple political campaigns.

It doesn't matter how much money you earn, you can find ways to spend it like water especially if you're not averse to giving it away.
But boxing can't be blamed for this. Larry Holmes invested all the money he managed to get out of Don King in property and is now worth tens of millions. George Foreman saved his money and was wealthy before the grill thing came along. On a smaller scale guys like Froch have kept their money and bought property and are now financially secure.

So you can't blame boxing entirely for this. It's still possible to retire financially secure even if your promoter is Don King. You just have to try and avoid parking your Bentley in the swimming pool and buying tigers and diamonds every day.

[Hulk]

Very sad article. Quite a downer and a little melodramatic, resorting to speculation on guys like Virgil Hill and Roy Jones.

Pacquaio is heading toward the end of his career.

But, he ain't done yet. And Rios damn sure isn't going to finish him off.